Dalayah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dalayah by the numbers

Dalayah was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Dalayah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dalayah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

Sounds like Dalayah

Names that are said the same way as Dalayah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Dahliaflower named after botanist anders dahl790 in the US (2017)
  • Daliabranch; a form of Dahlia54 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Daliahbranch; a form of Dalia or Dahlia45 in the US (2017)
  • Dalyabranch; a form of Dalia13 in the US (2017)
  • Dahliahvalley; a form of Dalia or Dahlia6 in the US (2017)
  • Daleah19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dalayah

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